Window-shade bracket.



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UNITED srnrris PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS A. HAZARD, OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, ASSIGrN'OR T0 WILLIAM S.HAZARD, JR., 0]? DES. MOINES, IOWA.

WINDOW-SHADE BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS A. HAZARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cedar Rapids, in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, haveinvented a certain new and useful VVindow-Shade Bracket, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of this kind ofsimple, durable and inexpensive construction by which the operator mayconveniently and easily attach the bracket to a window frame without theuse of screws or nails or similar'fastening devices.

A further object is to provide a device of this kind that may be easilyand quickly adapted for use in engaging the sides of a window frame thatare accessible on the edge farthest from a window and further to providea device that may be quickly and easily transformed for use in attachingit to window'frames that are accessibleonly, for this purpose, on theedge nearest the window, so that the bracket may be sustained in thewindow frame either by outward pressure upon the inner edges of theframeor by inward pressure upon the outer edges of the frame.

A further object is to provide improved complete bracket embodying myinvention.

Fig. 2 shows a top or plan view of the same provided with theattachments for engaging the inner edges of a window frame. In

said figure a part of the casing is broken away to show the winding drumand ratchet device. Fig. 3 shows a detail, perspective view of theattachment to be used for supporting the bracket against the inner edgesof a window frame. Fig. 4 shows a detail, perspective View of theadjustableend P1606 of the body portion of the bracket.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

I have used the reference numeral 10 to'indicate the body of thebracket. This body comprises a straight flat back portion and marginaledges 11 turned inwardly and toward each other. At each end of this bodyportion is an auxiliary adjustable body portion 12 having its margins 13turned rearwardly and then inwardly toward each other, said edges,however, being small enough to enter between the edges 11 and betelescopically connected therewith. Formed on the outer end' of the part12 is a downwardly projecting arm 14 having a round opening 15 toreceive the rounded end 16 of a window shade roller 17 and, formed on orfixed to the part 12 in the other end of the main body portion is asimilar downwardly projecting arm 18 having a slot 19 designed toreceive the flat end 20 of a window shade roller. These arms 14: and '18are fixed respectively to the adjustable body portions which aretelescopically connected by means of the margins 11 of the main body.

I have provided for securing the sliding body portions in differentpositions of adj ustment relative to the main body portion as follows:In one edge of the body portion 12 is a series of notches 21 and fixedto the main body portion is a spring 22 having one end extendedlaterally at 23 and normally resting in a notch 24 formed in the part11, so that the end 23 of the spring 22 will engage and enter any one ofthe notches 21 that may be placed adjacent to it and in this way theauxiliary body portion is locked. The forward end of the part 23 isaccessible by the operator from the front of the device, so that it canbe drawn down to permit the auxiliary body portion to slide in and out.

At the outer end of each of the end body portions on the inner sidethereof is a stationary cross piece 25 on which is pivoted a lever 26having an opening 27 thereon to receive a hook hereinafter described. Atthe central portion of the main body is a cross piece 28 on the innerface thereof designed to receive and support a small winding drum 29which is provided with a ratchet wheel 30 on its inner end and with ahandle 31 on its outer or forward end in front of the body portion whereit is readily accessible to the operator. A spring actuated pawl 32 ispivoted adjacent to the ratchet wheel to normally prevent it fromturning in one direction. Fixed to and wound on the drum 29 are twocords 33 extended in opposite directions and having the hooks 341 ontheir ends.

These hooks may be placed in the openings 27 and obviously when soattached, and when the drum is wound in a certain direction, the ends ofthe levers 26 will be projected outwardly beyond the ends of the bodyportion, for purposes hereinafter made clear.

The means for supporting the device on a window frame comprises twoparts of similar construction, each having a straight body portion 42designed to enter and slide between the margins 13. On the rear face ofthe part 32 is a right-angled extension 43 and 011 the forward face aretwo forwardly projecting lugs 44 designed to receive and support thebrackets 40, which are shaped to receive a curtain pole. hen these twoattachments are placed in position, the operator places the outer endsof the part 42 against the outer face of a window frame and he thenplaces the part 43 against the inner edges of the window frame. He thenwinds up the cords 33 upon the drum 29 and thus causes the outer ends ofthe levers 26 to engage the parts 34 and force them firmly into contactwith the window frame, thus serving to support the bracket on the frame.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, therefor is 1. A window shadebracket, comprising a body portion, two levers fulcrumed to the end ofsaid body portion, means for drawing one end of each lever toward thecenter of the body portion to project the other ends thereof beyond thebody portion and two extensions slidingly mounted in the ends of thebody portions to be engaged by said levers and shaped to engage theinner portion of a window frame to support the bracket in the frame bythe pressure of the levers upon the extensions.

2. In a window shade bracket, comprising a body portion, arms connectedtherewith for supporting a window shade roller, two extensions slidinglyconnected with the ends of the body portion, each having a rightangledportion to engage the inner edges of a window frame, a drum connectedwith the body portion, a ratchet device for said drum, two leversfulcrumed to the body portion, cords fixed to and wound upon the drumand detachably connected with said levers, said levers so arranged thatwhen the cords are drawn inwardly their ends will be projected outwardlyto engage the right-angled portions of the sliding extensions and forcethem into contact with the inner edges of a window frame.

3. A window shade bracket comprising a main body portion having itsmargins donbled over it, two end body portions having their marginsdoubled over them and telescopically connected with the main bodyportion, a cross piece on each of said end body portions, a leverfulcrumed to each cross piece, means for adjnstably connecting the endpieces with the main body, arms connected with the end pieces andprovided with openings to receive a window shade roller, an extensionfor each of said end pieces comprising a straight body portiontelescopically inserted in the margins of said end pieces and havingnear its outer end a right angled portion designed to be engaged by saidlevers, the part beyond the right angled portion parallel with the mainportion of the extension, lugs on said extension, window curtainbrackets supported in said lugs, a winding drum at the center of themain body, a ratchet wheel connected therewith, a handle connected withthe drum, a spring actuated pawl to engage the ratchet wheel and twocords fixed to the drum, extended in opposite directions and connectedwith said levers, for the purposes stated.

Des Moines, Iowa, August i, 1906.

AUGUSTUS A. HAZARD.

Witnesses S. F. CHRISTY, J. B. SMUTNEY.

